Brendan

Cycling and Travelling around Japan

Bicycle Odometer : 50000km

On a recent bike ride, my bicycle clicked over the 50 000km mark. The precise turnover point was behind Miyagase Lake in Kanagawa Japan. Its been a long time since I bought the Trek 1000 back in 2002 and only for 1000$ at the time. The trek has gone a long way with me up [...]

Yabitsu Pass – Cycling (with photos)

Route : Fuchu -> Hashimoto -> Mt. Minamiyama Forest Road -> Miyagase Lake -> Yabitsu Pass -> Miyagase Lake -> Hashimoto -> Fuchu Distance : 123km In the morning for a late start, a friend joined me from central Tokyo (to meeting place by bicycle). Last weekend I rode my bike up to Yabitsu pass [...]

Back From my trip

I’m back from my trip to see the leaves in Gunma, Tochigi and Nagano prefectures. Although it didn’t really go as originally planned. I never actually made it to nagano. Nikko and Oku-Nikko were both so beautiful that I decided to stick it out there and only wound up riding about 300km in all. Everything [...]

Leaving for tour of Kita-Kanto and Shinshu

After getting sick this week, I decided to delay my depature for a day and will leave midday today. A bit later than I had wanted, but its probably best to make sure that I am healty before I go. I will probably be riding for 6 or 7 days starting in Maebashi. I have [...]

Tour de Kita-Kanto

Well, I am off on my bicycle again. I took a week off from work and will be leaving the week after next (most likely on the 20th) for a tour through the mountains north of Tokyo and through to Nagano. The route isn’t really cut into stone yet, but the plan is to cover [...]

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